Should I file a provisional application or a complete application

Provisional or complete patent applications are the two ways of filing a patent application for the invention. There are no as such rules or methods available for the selection of these two modes for filing a patent application.

It depends upon various factors on which an inventor can choose the best way of filing a patent application. Both provisional and complete patent applications have there on merits or demerits, which depends on the invention.

Provisional patent application

The Provisional Patent application allows you to file a patent application at the early stage of the invention. If the inventor is working on the initial or intermediate stage of the invention and still needs further experimentation then in this situation, it is better to file a provisional application.

So at this stage of filing a provisional patent application will give you the following benefits:-

• Do not need any formal format.
• Do not need any claim.
• Low filing fee.
• Less expensive.
• Secure priority date from the provisional filing date.
• Give 12 months time for filing complete patent specification.
• No complicated drafting skills needed, can be drafted by an inventor.

Also following are the demerits in filing a provisional patent application:-

• The Provisional patent application has to follow by complete patent specification so a provisional patent application can take a long time in granting a patent.
• Early publication in case of provisional patent application leads to loss of trade secret in the invention.
• Increase in total cost
• Inadequate disclosure risk involved

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